President Donald Trump met with House Republicans on May 20 to urge unified action on the budget reconciliation bill that is the foundation for his second-term agenda.
Trump’s message to Republicans was a call to action, according to Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.).
“We all have tinkered enough. It is time to land the plane,” Johnson told reporters.
Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.) said, “Everybody get in a room and figure it out for the country and for your business, that’s what I took from it.”
The bill has highlighted the rift between fiscal conservatives and moderates within the Republican conference, who have been at odds over changes to the Medicaid program and a possible increase in federal tax deductions for state and local taxes, known as SALT….